LESSON 55

Today's review includes the following:

1
(21) I am determined to see things differently.

What I see
now are but signs of disease, disaster and death. This cannot be what
God created for His beloved Son. The very fact that I see such things
is proof that I do not understand God. Therefore I also do not
understand His Son. What I see tells me that I do not know who I am.
I am determined to see the witnesses to the truth in me, rather than
those which show me an illusion of myself.

2
(22) What I see is a form of vengeance.

The world I
see is hardly the representation of loving thoughts. It is a picture
of attack on everything by everything. It is anything but a
reflection of the Love of God and the love of His Son. It is my own
attack thoughts that give rise to this picture. My loving thoughts
will save me from this perception of the world, and give me the peace
God intended me to have.

3
(23) I can escape from this world by giving up attack
thoughts.

Herein lies
salvation, and nowhere else. Without attack thoughts I could not see
a world of attack. As forgiveness allows love to return to my
awareness, I will see a world of peace and safety and joy. And it is
this I choose to see, in place of what I look on now.

4
(24) I do not perceive my own best interests.

How could I
recognize my own best interests when I do not know who I am? What I
think are my best interests would merely bind me closer to the world
of illusions. I am willing to follow the Guide God has given me to
find out what my own best interests are, recognizing that I cannot
perceive them by myself.

5
(25) I do not know what anything is for.

To me, the
purpose of everything is to prove that my illusions about myself are
real. It is for this purpose that I attempt to use everyone and
everything. It is for this that I believe the world is for. Therefore
I do not recognize its real purpose. The purpose I have given the
world has led to a frightening picture of it. Let me open my mind to
the world's real purpose by withdrawing the one I have given it,
and learning the truth about it.